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JacobDotVI

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About JacobDotVI

Successful entrepreneur tackling the data at the intersection of healthcare and life sciences. President of Flyrbidge.vi & VP Product @ USRetina

Previously: DARPA Grand Challenge, US Naval Research Lab, co-founder Kinsail Corp (acquired '14), and Cancer Treatment Centers of America and Co-founder Superconductive Health. hello at jacob dot vi

http://jacob.vi

http://flybridge.vi

Recent public activity

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    Comment #39584659

    Are there any startups working on disrupting US Shipbuilding?

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    Comment #39228710

    Activity-hours aren't fungible and have constraints. If I need to eat by 6pm and get home from work at 5:30 pm, I generally can't just choose to swap a 9 - 10 pm hour of streaming …

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    Comment #38037461

    Some screenings have gone direct to consumer in the US. Fairly easy to purchase online, make an appointment, then show up for a quick collection. https://www.ondemand.labcorp.com/ …

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    Comment #38026484

    What is old is new again. The Chicago Tribune writing in 1992 about restaurants naming themselves to get a better listing in the phonebook: "`A ALPHABETICAL ADVANTAGE` HELPS BUSINE…

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    Comment #38002225

    Now do it for the food and candy companies

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    Comment #37909250

    Some additional information: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/16/maines-pfas-law-draws...

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    Comment #37161831

    Guzey updated changed his mind on this topic: https://guzey.com/2022-lessons/#get-minimum-possible-sustain... It's unfortunate that he hasn't added a disclaimer to the original pos…

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    Comment #36772645

    A formula 1 race car is _much_ faster than a freight truck. However a freight truck can deliver a lot more goods across the country than an F1 car. Which is your big organization o…

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    Comment #35461697

    My hunch is that this is exactly what he was expecting. There is a lot of hype around ChatGPT passing the medical exam and this exercise is a counter point to that.

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    Comment #35125292

    Not an FDIC auction, but if you’re interested in what this sort of bidding looks like the book Barbarians at the Gate details the LBO auction of RJR Nabisco. That auction was a lot…

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    Comment #34491462

    He wrote a book called Blitzscaling regarding how to execute: https://www.amazon.com/Blitzscaling-Lightning-Fast-Building-... The book Netflixed (mentioned in the article) is likel…

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    Comment #34421780

    First Round had a good podcast episode with her about the book: https://overcast.fm/+k1HEhCB1U

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    Comment #33560655

    Try a roost stand (or equivalent) and external keyboard and track pad (I use the smallish apple ones). This has saved my posture when working from outside my office. It’s not the e…

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    Comment #31005994

    This seems like a great alternative to passing around postman collections separate from documentation

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    Comment #29509693

    > Has anyone ever put a picture of a stroad up as art/instagram etc like you see with downtown NYC, Paris, small european villages, shanghai, rural mountain towns, old downtowns in…

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    Comment #29460292

    Some shoe brands still do this, such as Allen Edmonds: https://www.allenedmonds.com/discover/our-story/recrafting.h...

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    Comment #29253473

    Using s3 to host a static page? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Hostin...

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    Comment #29120052

    My understanding is that fusion power theoretically has net positive output, but practically no one has achieved this yet. If they are able to achieve such it would be a scientific…

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    Comment #29108736

    Many patients need these injections regularly (every 4-6 weeks on some treatment protocols). My understanding is that it’s not safe to give some general anesthesia that often for a…

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    Comment #29013247

    I think this is part of that distinction. Likely a gravel pit would _not_ be considered "mineral mining" and so would be permitted at a size greater than 3 acres.

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    Comment #29012505

    I find this more relevant: "But [the lithium] reserves also would not present the same type of potential environmental issues as ... other base metal sulfide deposits in Maine, suc…

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    Comment #28992760

    I keep hoping that one of these shipping container farms will support tomatoes due to this issue. Unfortunately, I have yet to find any (although some claim version N will be tomat…